Understanding your body   requires knowledge and observation. The core priniciple behind the methods used is to promote self-efficacy.  Knowledge is power, and the first step to this is by becoming a student.

Body Alchemy always explains the WHY behind anything we do.  You will be provided with educational material, and are also encouraged to ask questions for clarity.

• Strengthen your nutrition vocabulary by identfiying sources of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
• Sharpen your discernment in quality vs poor quality foods
• Interpret nutrition facts and serving sizes relative to appropriate portions for you
• Develop the visual skill of recognizing portion sizes and their nutrient profiles
• Minimize the confusion or worry of restaurant foods, social events, and "not in control of food"  settings
• Learn how the body's systems work; this includes your metabolism.

Hormone imbalances, excess body fat, chronic inflammation, distrupted sleep cycles, and a weak immune system are all tied to the gut. 

Body Alchemy will lead you through strategies on reseting and repaing your gut. 

• Learn about how the digestive tract functions
• Understand what foods and factors disrupt or compromise the gut
• Become fluent in your body's language; from hunger cues to interpreting your poos!
• Build a toolkit for how to keep your gut healthy, while becoming well versed in all the "how to's"  for healing and maintaince. 

Emotions are associated with hormones, low dopamine and serotinin, physical and mental stress, memory, and worry. 

Emotions are very much apart of intuition as they cue particular feelings in our body. At the same time, emotions are sometimes tied to particular thoughts that reinforce negative behaviors.

The key to balancing emotions is through awareness and acceptance.

Body Alchemy will also teach you how to balance your hormones according to your anatomy through nutrients, sleep, excercise, and minimizing stress. 

Your lifestyle is what determines your outcome. Remember, context is everything. Life is nuanced.

Do not expect your nutritional and exercise needs to stay the same. Your body will tell you when it needs to rest, eat, hydrate, and move. 

What influences these are your enviornmental factors. This includes:

• Your job
• Your relationships
• Your time
• Travel
• The frequency of restaurant foods, packaged items, alcohol intake, etc
• Your physical activity level
• Your stress levels
• The state of your immune system
• Your past and present physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual state.
• And of course, the unexpected life events

Body Alchemy will help you simplify your lifestyle, prepare for change, walk with you through unforseen events, challenge your attachments, honor your personality, uphold your needs, and constantly remind you that you are always in control of your decisions. 

Conscious Eating is the goal for all those who come through Body Alchemy. 

This implies that you can demonstrate enough knowledge, self-awareness, and intention towards your nutrition and physiological health in which eating is less thinking-based, and more instincutal.

There are many ways to apply and practice conscious eating, and no matter where you are on your journey, we make this the priority because it will be what sustains your progress indefinitely. 

Your body thrives when you know how to be adaptable.